Military
Tony Auth on Vietnam’s role in his career as a political cartoonist
From the Tony Auth archives an excerpt from the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist's 2005 interview with the Library of Congress.
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Taking it to the streets, then and now
This story is part of a WHYY series examining how the United States, four decades later, is st ...
8 years ago
The Huey and the Vietnam veteran
The sound of the iconic Huey helicopter is unmistakable to a Vietnam veteran.
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Vietnam: The war that was waged in my head
In the winter of my 13th year, I made a momentous life decision. I marched into my parents’ suburban kitchen and declared that when ...
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Who fights our wars? Other people’s children
A volunteer-only army outsources foreign wars to the poor and working class — one of the worst legacies of Vietnam, which was also fought mostly by less-privileged Americans.
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Five ways Hollywood looks at Vietnam [video]
As Ken Burns turns his documentary lens on Vietnam, WHYY’s Patrick Stoner examines five ways Hollywood has explored the war. ...
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The Philly Vietnam wall still speaks to and for many [video]
This story is part of a WHYY series examining how the United States, four decades later, is ...
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Video artist traces the scars of war from South Philly to Vietnam
A Philadelphia video artist born in Vietnam is shooting a documentary chronicling his personal connection to scars the war left on the landscape.
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This story is part of a WHYY series examining how the United States, four decades later, is st ...
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Hundreds run in military charity race marred last year by bombing
Hundreds of runners came out Saturday for a Marine Corps charity race on the New Jersey shore, a race run without incident one year after ...
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To mark 30th year of Philly’s Vietnam memorial, vets and families salute missing soldiers
Veterans and family members honored prisoners of war or those missing in action to mark the 30th anniversary of the Philadelphia’s ...
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‘It’s hard to take pride in a war that, by any definition, we lost’
“The Vietnam War” heaps ineptness upon ignorance upon immorality by policymakers and the military brass — all gui ...
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N.J. National Guard to provide security during Irma relief efforts in U.S. Virgin Islands
More than two dozen New Jersey National Guard troops are heading to the U.S. Virgin Islands to assist with security efforts during the in ...
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N.J. National Guard personnel assist South Carolina amid historic tidal flooding
UPDATE: New Jersey Department Of Military and Veterans Affairs Public Affairs Officer Kryn P. Westhoven tells us that So ...
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‘Blood smells the same,’ but for Vietnam nurses, the war never ends
It’s been more than 40 years since the Vietnam War ended. But for the combat nurses who served there, the de ...
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